23 h. ago Readers' letters: Lower the voting age, but make sure all votes count

Readers have differing opinions over Labour’s changes to electoral law, such as reducing the voting age to 16

Politics

47 h. ago Readers' Letters: Give Edinburgh's Adam Smith statue the Winston Churchill treatment

A reader says the memorial to one of Scotland’s most fa mous sons should be given an overdue clean-up

Politics

57 h. ago Count us out! Teenagers given the power to vote by Starmer say 16 and 17

Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled plans to 'modernise our democracy' by lowering England's voting age from 18 to 16 to bring national elections in line with those held in Scotland and Wales

Politics

64 h. ago How old do you have to be to vote in general elections as voting age to be lowered?

England will be lowing lowering the age to vote - the Parliament has previously rejected the idea twice, once in 1999 and once more in 2005

Politics

65 h. ago Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election

16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and a crackdown on foreign interferenceThe voting age will be lowered to 16 in the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system.The government said it was a reform to bring in more fairness for 16- and 17-year-olds, many of whom already work and are able to serve in the military. It brings the whole of the UK voting age to 16. Scotland and Wales have already made the change for Holyrood and Senedd elections, as well as local council elections. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Readers' Letters: 'Stop Trump from visiting Scotland' calls counterproductive

Calls to ban Donald Trump from Scotland are short-sighted, says reader

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4 d. ago Readers' Letters: Israel/Hamas conflict shows Labour Party has lost its moral compass

Readers are appalled innocents are dying daily in Gaza while the West does, apparently, little

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4 d. ago Readers' Letters: Israel/Gaza conflict shows Labour Party has lost it's moral compass

Readers are appalled innocents are dying daily in Gaza while the West does, apparently, little

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8 d. ago Readers' Letters: Swinney grandstands on Gaza while Scottish patients wait

John Swinney should stop trying to prove himself a world leader, says reader

Science

8 d. ago Readers' letters: Taxing the super wealthy further will fuel exodus from Scotland

A reader suggests that Scottish Greens leadership candidate Ross Greer has never heard of the Laffer curve

Economics

9 d. ago Readers' Letters: We could do with more politicians of Norman Tebbit's calibre

You don’t have to be a Tory to admire the late Norman Tebbit’s character, says reader

Politics

1 week ago Readers' letters: Corbyn could be the kingmaker at Holyrood with his new far

A reader suggests Jeremy Corbyn’s new far-left party could be a bigger problem for the SNP than Labour

Politics

1 week ago Readers' Letters: Proscribing Palestine Action as terrorists is over the top

Palestine Action should not be considered a terror group, say readers

Events

1 week ago Readers Letters: While experts say seagulls aren't savage, I'm on the ground, bloodied

The suggestion Scotland’s seagulls aren’t dangerous baffles reader

Events

2 w. ago Readers’ letters: Labour rebels were elected with a welfare reform mandate

A reader says Rachel Reeves’ tears would be understandable if they were about Labour rebels wrecking her work to reform the benefits system

Politics

2 w. ago Readers Letters: If UK Government will support English refinery, why not Grangemouth?

A tale of two refineries puzzles reader

Politics

2 w. ago Readers' Letters: If Glastonbury chants aren't a race crime, what is?

Glastonbury band’s political protest has readers divided

Events

2 w. ago Readers Letters: Scotland needs a strong and forceful leader

John Swinney is a little too nice to deliver independence, says a reader

Politics

2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Now we know for sure we can't believe political posts on X

A revelation after Israel’s strikes on Iran leaves reader reeling

Politics

3 w. ago Readers' Letters: George Street revamp money should be spent fixing roads

The latest pricey attempt by councillors to bring a European-style cafe culture to cold Edinburgh puzzles a reader who’s just trying to avoid all the potholes

Economics